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Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the epidemic situation of fur mites, S. scabiei var. canis, D. canis, and O. cynotis, in canine dermatologic disease in Henan, Hebei, Heilongjiang provinces, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the middle, northwest, and northeast of China. Four-hundred eighty-four cases of dermatologic disease from the four provinces were investigated by conducting deep skin scraping and skin surface tape-stripping between December 2011 and December 2012. A total of 111 dogs were diagnosed with S. scabiei var. canis, with an overall prevalence of 22.9%; 121 dogs were diagnosed with D. canis, with an infection rate of 25.0% and 12 diagnosed with O. cynotis, with an infection rate of 2.4%. These results show that fur mites are heavily prevalent in dogs in China, which can be an important indicator for identifying strategies and measures to control canine fur mites in China.